their enemies to lovers arc when Aeroc came back was the best time for me! i just loved how Kloff lured him in, how they were playfully fighting and cursing each other, how Aeroc just couldn't resist falling for him, blushing and all! PEAK!! but in the side stories where Kloff comes back he's just.. he's scary af to me, he really is pushy, violent and can be ice cold i don't like him, the best /him/ was like i said when Aeroc came back in the "original" not the side stories but he's still giving me the ick there
for sure but the way he tortured him?? it's scary to think his dick even got hard from the person that killed his husband.. it's fine to have trauma and get revenge like i'd torture someone that killed my family too but raping over and over and over again? he's no better than those evil bastards he likes to beat up on the streets and def not better than Aeroc, he at least didn't make them do that /on purpose/ STILL very much at fault like what did he expect by saying "teach him a lesson" a pregnant person at that :/
yeah i mean i dont side with his actions or what he did to Aeroc but if we're on the basis of JUST this most current side story and not the original time line, then now Kloff is unfortunately living with the trauma that Aeroc has never commited. Ofc hes going to act irrationally or angry and agitated, ofc hes gunna be scary when he had to go through a lot too. Theres no point in comparing traumas because in this time line, Aeroc never committed anything heinous. Everyone does irrational things they cant explain when theyre under deep emotional pressure and stress. Its inexcusable but thats just how he is as a character.
I understand it could be hard to understand too, but everyone deals with trauma differently of course. Although the rape is awful for anyone to go through, to Aeroc he felt as though this was his punishment and that maybe being with the person he loved even if he was abusing him was what he wanted. No it wasnt ok, no it wasnt normal. Of course that reasoning from Aeroc is also a bit mental, but you cant fully understand his own reasoning for wanting to stay. Im not agreeing with Kloffs actions whatsoever, he truly wasnt human anymore after a lot of what he did.
I also just wanted to preface that the entire sub plot of the yaoi is to showhow imperfect people are, how irrational they can be and how we even make choices that we cant understand ourselves unless we live in those specific moments.
i read this when i was 16 i think, i reread it now and i have to say this story is SO TRAGIC like where are the happy times in comparison to the sad moments??
Jaerim constantly getting picked on, even if jokingly by friends, getting bullied, getting hurt, trying to be patient and positive with Yuri ( i feel for him as someone who got bullied in school for being ugly too ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭ )
Then whe have the whole fiasco with Yuri.. he's studying hard, he has to be nice to everyone since ppl flock around him like crazy, his one sided love at the beginning ( justified nonetheless) and he too is getting judged for his looks "you are the problem, if it wasn't for you" or "he can't be gay, he can't be tainted" then his backstory, one of his best friends saying he wants him dead, he used to help everyone and not judge ppl by their looks just like Jaerim, the way he used to be such a happy and innocent sweetheart just for him to lose everything (i'm about to cry again) the way he said he should've died together with his family that day ╥﹏╥
He has to work three part-time jobs and is a role model inside the student council..
LIKE WHERE ARE THE SWEET STORIES OF HIM AND JAERIM BEING HAPPILY TOGETHER?? i've seen them frown and cry so many times i could count the times i've seen Yuri smile on two hands











he clearly hasn't beaten his ass bad enough bro
we all know it's MOST PROBABLY gonna end how we're thinking it will.. why else would they keep leading the story in that direction